"I'm very concerned about [Trump] distorting, manipulating and even lying about intelligence," Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) told us today.
"We've been here before. We went to war in Iraq under false pretenses."
Why it matters: Reports in the New York Times and CNN suggesting that Trump and senior officials exaggerated the damage from the bunker-busting bombs spread across Congress this afternoon.
The White House both criticized the reporting of a classified assessment and denied the reports' accuracy.
What they're saying: "If the press reporting about the impact of last weekend's strikes in Iran is true, and I cannot confirm them, then that might be the reason why the administration postponed our classified briefing today at the very last minute," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on the Senate floor.
"We might be less worried about that had we not seen an administration lie us into a war in Iraq in 2002," Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) told Axios.
Zoom in: Senators and lawmakers are still waiting for their separate classified briefings on the strikes, which have been delayed as top officials are attending the NATO summit with Trump in The Hague.
